>>> I'm not saying that anyone should limit the free exchange of
>>> scientific ideas, but germplasm and queens are not ideas or
>>> information, are they?
>
> ...and Allen asked:
>
>> If not that, then exactly what are they?
>
> They are specifically "trade goods" that various countries have
> clearly said that they DON'T want from the US.

That seems to me to be a rather old-fashioned way of looking at things.

In my view, 'ideas and information' is =exactly= what germplasm is: .

I'll concede that queens may be trade goods, though.

Nonetheless, there is an 'ideas and information' aspect even when
considering trade in novel queens.

I've decided that the trade question is actually a philosophical one,
though, once the facts have been stated.

allen
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